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Death Note (2015)

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • 45 min episodes
  • 1 seasons
  • TV-14 age guide
  • ★ 7.3/10 from 234 ratings

Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a "Death Note", which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N, who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears.

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  1. 01

    Death Note

    Strong story similarity

    2006 · 22 min · Animation · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: based on manga and death
    • shared psychological thriller series style
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  2. 02

    Left-Eye Detective

    Similar atmosphere

    2010 · 48 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    Tanaka Ainosuke was born with a weak left eye. Then one day, his older brother Yumehito dies mysteriously, allowing Ainosuke to receive a cornea transplant from him. After the surgery, whenever there is a shock to his left eye he sees strange images. Ainosuke assumes that the images might be clues to his brother's death and starts an investigation with the help of his junior high school nurse Sayama Hitomi. But just when their probe begins, an unidentified criminal organization appears to disrupt their investigation...

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: Nippon TV
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  3. 03

    Cursed in Love

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    2020 · 60 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    Nao spent her formative years living at Kogetsuan, a well-established Japanese confectionery shop, where her single mother worked as a pastry chef. She is the same age as Tsubaki, heir to the store, and they become each other's first love. One morning, Tsubaki's father and head of Kogetsuan is stabbed and found covered in blood. Nao's mother is arrested based on the six-year-old Tsubaki's testimony and the little girl is kicked out of the shop. Nao's mother died while the investigation was going on, preventing the truth to emerge. Fifteen years later, the case is still shrouded in mystery. Is she really the culprit?

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: Nippon TV
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  4. 04

    Unnatural

    Similar atmosphere

    2018 · 45 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    Mikoto, a forensic investigative examiner, and her partners trace down the evidence of crimes and unravel the puzzles behind mysterious deaths.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: investigation and japan
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    Terror in Resonance

    Shared themes

    2014 · 23 min · Animation · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children - children who shouldn't even exist - masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber - and pull the trigger on this world.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: detective and police
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Solomon's Perjury

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    2021 · 54 min · Drama · Mystery

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    On Christmas morning, Fujino Ryoko finds her classmate Kashiwagi Takuya’s dead body at their snow covered school. The police and the school conclude that Kashiwagi Takuya died by suicide. At that time, an anonymous letter is delivered to Fujino Ryoko. The letter states that Kashiwagi Takuya was murdered by a group of students including Ooide Shunji. The media and SNS begin to question whether Kashiwagi Takuya really died by suicide or was he murdered. The school principal tries to take control of the narrative, but this leads to a more chaotic situation. Fujino Ryoko is disturbed by people's reaction to Kashiwagi Takuya’s death. She asks for a trial and an unprecedented school trial begins.

    Why it connects

    • shared psychological thriller series style
    • shared theme: psychological thriller
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  7. 08

    Red Roof on the Slope

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 50 min · Drama · Mystery

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    Eighteen years after the murder of a high school girl's parents. A new novelist's serialization project leads the characters into the depths of "black emotions".

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: investigation and psychological thriller
    • shared psychological thriller series style
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